CoS Is The Least Favorite HP Book. Why?

[justanopinion2001 at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 27373

According to the HP Grownups polls, CoS is unquestionably the least 
favorite of the four books among people on this list.  Out of 400 
responses, only 5% picked CoS as their favorite out of the HP series 
(58% picked PoA).  Out of 251 votes for least favorite book, CoS was 
chosen as least favorite by 70%.

Let's talk about this.  What exactly is it that causes so many people 
not to like CoS?  Is it the characterization, the ending, the plot, 
something else?  Can anyone put their finger on it?  And if you can 
identify a gripe about CoS, can you think of a way to fix it?

Laura (who owns 2 dog-eared copies each of PoA, GoF, PS/SS, but only 
one practically new copy of CoS)